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Boris Johnson has informed the UK tonight of his closing exit strategy and may see the bars open sooner than in Ireland.
The prime minister said that if the numbers support it, schools and the hospitality sector, perhaps even pubs, could open in early July.
Johnson emphasized that “some” of the hotel industry will not be able to reopen until “as soon as possible in July.”
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In the Republic of Ireland, pubs are not open until August 10 in the plan for reopening phases, though publicans want to open earlier.
In a long-awaited televised address in Britain, Boris Johnson also laid out plans for a new Covid Alert System run by a new Joint Biosecurity Center.
He said the level will depend on the ‘R’ rate of infection and the number of coronavirus cases.
He explained, “In turn, that Covid alert level will tell us how difficult we must be in our measures of social distancing: the lower the level, the lower the measures. The higher the level, the more difficult and strict we will have to be. “
Under the new system there will be five levels, similar to how the government signals a terrorist threat.
Level one means that the disease is no longer present in the UK and level five is the most critical.
Johnson described Level Five as “the kind of situation we might have had if the NHS had been overwhelmed.”
He explained: “During the closing period we have been at Level Four, and it is thanks to their sacrifice that we are now in a position to begin advancing the steps to Level Three.”
The Prime Minister thanked the public for his “sacrifice” and said it was “because of you that we have protected our NHS and saved thousands of lives.”
But he cautioned that releasing the lock too soon would risk a second spike.
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